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Apr. 26th, 2008
Assorted news articles
Apr. 26th, 2008 10:20 pmCanadian food prices to rise - Expect a 3.5% increase in food prices of the next year says a senior economist. A rising dollar versus the US dollar has largely dampened the blow from rising oil prices, but that has ended no. Found on Rick Mercer's blog.
Canadians are among the highest per-capita polluters in the world - Only the US and Australia are ahead of us, and at the rate our pollution production is increasing we might just have the dubious distinction of surpassing the US. Found on Rick Mercer's blog.
A possible link between geomagnetics and depression - Some studies have indicated a link between geomagnetic activity and rates of suicide and the number of people admitted to hospitals for depression. A US psychiatrist postulates that fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field can desynchronise a person's circadian rhythm, as well as affect melatonin production, by affecting the pineal gland, which is known to be sensitive to magnetic fields. Found on Warren Ellis's blog.
Microsoft designs armband to detect finger movements - The muscle-computer interface (MUCI) is placed on your forearms and after a series of finger exercises it is apparently ready to be used for hands-free computing. They warn the that the research is still in its early stages so there are quite a few bugs to work out. Found on Warren Ellis's blog.
Dinosaurs were big chickens - Sort of. A study of collagen proteins extracted from a T. Rex fossil in which the soft tissue was partially preserved indicates that dinosaurs are, as has been more recently been theorized, more closely related to birds than reptiles.
Canadians are among the highest per-capita polluters in the world - Only the US and Australia are ahead of us, and at the rate our pollution production is increasing we might just have the dubious distinction of surpassing the US. Found on Rick Mercer's blog.
A possible link between geomagnetics and depression - Some studies have indicated a link between geomagnetic activity and rates of suicide and the number of people admitted to hospitals for depression. A US psychiatrist postulates that fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field can desynchronise a person's circadian rhythm, as well as affect melatonin production, by affecting the pineal gland, which is known to be sensitive to magnetic fields. Found on Warren Ellis's blog.
Microsoft designs armband to detect finger movements - The muscle-computer interface (MUCI) is placed on your forearms and after a series of finger exercises it is apparently ready to be used for hands-free computing. They warn the that the research is still in its early stages so there are quite a few bugs to work out. Found on Warren Ellis's blog.
Dinosaurs were big chickens - Sort of. A study of collagen proteins extracted from a T. Rex fossil in which the soft tissue was partially preserved indicates that dinosaurs are, as has been more recently been theorized, more closely related to birds than reptiles.